skulking
Example Sentences
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Still, even in a movie where people are always skulking around rifling through each other’s things, his claim that he chose a drunken late night to confront Maggie about plagiarism sounds inconceivable.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 9, 2025
The main way I die is at the hands of the simulated antagonist, who is skulking somewhere in the ductwork.
From Slate • Apr. 29, 2023
On the island, it is easy to imagine yokai skulking just beyond the eye’s reach.
From New York Times • Apr. 16, 2023
The ending is a page turner as Wels describes Garfield’s last days alive, oblivious to Guiteau skulking in the shadows.
From Washington Post • Feb. 2, 2023
“No, I certainly will not be bringing him. Thing spends his Saturdays skulking up trees or hiding down holes.”
From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell
